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| Designers | Mark Rein-Hagen, Graeme Davis, Tom Dowd, Lisa Stevens, Stewart Wieck[1] |
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| Genres | Personal horror |
| Systems | Storyteller System |
| Series | World of Darkness |
Vampire: The Masquerade is a tabletop role-playing game (tabletop RPG) created by Mark Rein-Hagen and released in 1991 by White Wolf Publishing as the first of several Storyteller System games for its World of Darkness setting line.[3][4] It is set in a fictionalized "gothic-punk" version of the modern world where players assume the role of vampires, who are referred to as "Kindred." and deal with their night-to-night struggles against their own bestial natures, vampire hunters, and each other.[5]
Several associated products were produced based on Vampire: The Masquerade, including live-action role-playing games (Mind's Eye Theatre), dice, collectible card games (The Eternal Struggle), video games (Redemption, Bloodlines, Swansong and Bloodlines 2, Bloodhunt), and numerous novels. In 1996, a short-lived television show loosely based on the game, Kindred: The Embraced, was produced by Aaron Spelling for the Fox Broadcasting Company.
- ^ Rein-Hagen, Mark;Wieck, Stewart;. Vampire: The Masquerade (First Edition). White Wolf, 1991.
- ^ Jarvis, Matt (2020-11-12). "Kids on Bikes studio becomes new publisher for World of Darkness RPGs as Paradox brings development in-house". Dicebreaker. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
- ^ Vasilakos, George (2007). "Vampire: The Masquerade". In Lowder, James (ed.). Hobby Games: The 100 Best. Green Ronin Publishing. pp. 348–351. ISBN 978-1-932442-96-0.
- ^ Konzack, Lars (Summer 2015). "Mark Rein•Hagen's Foundational Influence on 21st Century Vampiric Media". Akademisk. 11: 115–.
- ^ Melton, Gordon (1994). The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead (1st ed.). Detroit, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 852. ISBN 0-8103-2295-1.